Putative

Reputed; supposed; commonly esteemed. Applied in Scotch law to creditors and proprietors. 2 Kames, Eq. 105, 107, 109.

— Putative father. The alleged or reputed father of an illegitimate child. State v. Nest-aval, 72 Minn. 415, 75 N. W. 725.

— Putative marriage. A marriage contracted in good faith and in ignorance (on one or both sides) that impediments exist which render it uniawful. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 556. See In re Hall, 61 App. Div. 266, 70 N. Y. Supp. 410, Smith v. Stnitli, 1 Tex. 628, 46 Am. Dee, 12L